Has freedom of speech become a cover for promoting prejudice? Has the concept of political correctness been weaponised to avoid ceding space to those excluded from power? Does white identity politics pose an urgent danger? These are some of the questions at the centre of Nesrine Malik's radical and compelling analysis that challenges us to find new narrators whose stories can fill the void and unite us behind a shared vision. Six myths have taken hold, ones which are at odds with our lived experience and in urgent need of revision. In a livestream presentation with novelist Ece Temelkuran, Malik shares from her book We Need New Stories: The Myths That Subvert Freedom, looking at how. It is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working, that the narratives used for decades to stave off progressive causes are being exposed as falsehoods. 'A powerful and persuasive debunking exercise' GUARDIAN Most of all though, we need this book' Elizabeth Day 'Nesrine Malik writes with urgent eloquence about the world we live in, applying her brilliant mind to some of the most important debates of our age. We Need New Stories: The Myths that Subvert Freedom by Nesrine Malik Description Related products A Fortune For Your Disaster by Hanif Abdurraqib Dear. Nesrine Malik will be in conversation with Gary Younge, about her new book We Need New StoriesPhotograph: Ian Anderson/The Guardian Join Guardian writer Nesrine Malikas she talks to.
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